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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the theater; socializing with staff, including the Clark Cliffords; the health of LBJ's family in 1950; LBJ's work on a natural gas bill; LBJ's interest in post-World War II rubber and tin industries; North Korea invading South Korea; Frank Stanton; childhood

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 3 (III), 7/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

didn't wish to be rude, but I knew that in the second World War, Australia which then, in the second World War, had only a population of eleven million, at one time had 340,000 troops in the various theatres of World War II. At the time we were there 5

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of his earliest gestures was to send me as ambassador to the coronation of Elizabeth II. "Why not the coronation of a woman to be attended by a woman," Clare Luce had asked. General George Marshall went as his personal representative. We were a good team

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that in World War II don't think an American body was shown in newsreels or photos until months after the first casualties were taken. I don't think they showed you those bodies on the beaches in the Pacific for months after it happened. They were all censored

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this fondness for the Australians because of World War II and also because they did support us in Vietnam. But I think it was one of the high points of his trip because it was a place that the President could go where he could be welcomed, cheered by people

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Relations, which had previously been called the Detroit Interracial Committee. It was established following the race riots during World War II. When I came back out of the army, after finishing my degree I went to work for that committee in 1947. So I worked

Oral history transcript, William Friday, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1987, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

: Well, before that, before World War II, you see, I was in the dean of students' office at NC State, and I knew the dean here, and when I finished and passed the bar exam, I needed temporary work and he gave me temporary work in his office. I ran

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 5 (V), 2/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on the idea of the least government the better after eighteen years of rationing and Korea and World War II. , / F: We had a problem in there, as you will recall, of Rene Verdon (White House chef). C: Yes. F: Did that sort of thing pain Mrs. Johnson

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 5 (V), 7/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Herbert N. Blackman, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

countries to expand trade with the bloc really for economic reasons. I Also, there were some internal pressures in that same direction. guess it was during one of those stages of relative rapprochement with the Soviets, which I guess at a later point s~ii

Oral history transcript, Leon Jaworski, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: And when did Bates come in? J: I would say perhaps about six or seven years later. M: And then the Jaworski was added-- J: After World War II, after I returned. And I cannot even tell you the exact year--I'd have to check that--but it has been

Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

people still trying to have accepted those things I've already recommended. II And he said, "You, as a governor, know how pre- carious it can be, that if you press too hard you may lose the ground you've already gained. We've got to do

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a southerner. He can't be for civil rights, and consequently he wouldn't be acceptable to the Northeast. II I made no dent on them. Then he didn't return to the area, and I thought he really had sort of given up the idea more or less, and he had so little

Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on, philosophied on that I assume--I forget now what he told me. on. II But I knew then not to--you know, say yes, sir and go head A lot of time I know it being just the opposite of what he would say, but I never argue with him because he was the type of guy

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

-- II I -- 5 been wisely used. If the secretary doesn't do this, he can get into the kind of problem General Electric did in the industrial world. They ended up paying many tens of millions of dollars because they were unaware of illegal practices

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh April II, 1969; Washington, D. C. F: This is an interview with Mr. Willard Deason, Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in his office in Washington, D. C., on April 11, 1969, and the interviewer is Joe B

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

question in your minds at all regarding the reality of the second attack? S: My own mind on that, I think, has to be colored by an experience I had myself in World War II where at Normandy we were in the picket line there just after we'd established

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, and I said, IINrs. Johnson is the First Lady of the Land. B: beforehand~ I knew I'd go. II Someone said that although probably nothing could have allowed Mr. Johnson to carry the Deep South in those years, in some places Mrs. Johnson was a rather

Oral history transcript, Antonio J. Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Taylor -- I -- 23 fly. IICoul d they go with US?II Douglas. SO that time I di dn' t ask Senator Despite my sister's warning not to pick up any strays

Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

II. T: That's right, and in the Reserve between the wars. M: Yes, sir. You married Miss Libbie Moody, is that correct, in 1918. And apparently the Marine Corps brought you to Galveston, and here you met under rather unusual circumstances

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. And I won't run without you. II F: Do you think Jack Kennedy felt then that this was as good a Vice President as he could have gotten? W: Yes, he ~id. He had a very high respect, I'm sure, for the Vice President. LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

received a letter from some man who had served with somebody named Ahmed in India during World War II and he wanted to know if it was the same Ahmed. So the White House was calling him, and Ahmed was quite the center of attraction for a while. Lyndon

Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of service here--that, "Sometime I'm going to have to sit down with you and tell you how we went about chOOSing the council. II there is a good source. M: Maybe that's a good question to ask him. H: Are you thinking of interviewing him? M: Oh, yes. H

Oral history transcript, Jack Hight, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I said, "Harry, you don't want any part. Tyler and practice law and you'll be happy. this rat race. myself. Go on back to You don't want to get in I'm going to get out one of these days before long II Harry said he really wanted to at least try

Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thomas Royals, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

training programs per se, and I think that one of my personal goals is to offer this sort of ''How to Instruct" programs similar to what the government did during the War of Manpower days during World War II, when we offered that TWI series, Training Within

Oral history transcript, Emily Crow Selden, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was the perfect thing for her to say. a jeune fille thing for you to do!" She wrote, II Oh, Em il y, what Then I explained to her quickly that I did it because any daughter I was sure I would have could pledge it too if she wanted to, being a legacy meant you

Oral history transcript, Allan Shivers, interview 1 (I), 5/29/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a lot of Mike Force strikers, sixty, seventy killed, something like that, another greater number wounded. And finally the II [Field] Force V [Vietnam] corrmander acted, brought the 196th Infantry Brigade in, and by the time they finished, they had had

Oral history transcript, Anthony Solomon, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Kennedy's period. President Johnson carried through on that, and that was a very major furtherance of our post-World War II liberal trade policy. But LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Congress at that time had not been participants in World War II for the reason that they were much older men. I think the average age of a congressman, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, how you carne to be a Senator from Kentucky, and how you also carne to be a retired Senator from Kentucky. M: Responding to your first part of your question, I got back from World War II after spending fifty-one months in the Navy, most of it at sea

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

the hump now and have reached the stage which the major carriers didn't reach until after World War II, because the major trunk areas were subsidized until 1948 or thereabouts . M: As Chairman of the CAB, were you interested at that time in aviation

Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

you have learned that the public works bill is alive again. The pro- posed new dam at Waco will be up for consideration, and [he should] get busy and be ready to support it. II Why he didn't pi ck up the phone and call Bob Poage across